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8.5
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The Quietus
...they've also lost their sense of questing uncertainty, their slightly dilettantish air of experimentation. They now sound cohesive, focused, reborn in corruption, driven to disintegrate
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8.0
9046
8.0 |
PopMatters
Shining is a rare case these days, a progressive-minded band with the desire to push boundaries with each record yet with enough discipline to know just how much is too much, and with Blackjazz, this band is starting to peak
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8.0
9088
8.0 |
No Ripcord
The album is a spiraling trauma, perfect for obsessive compulsives that hate being slaves to their own "ordered" environment
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7.7
12243
7.7 |
Pitchfork
Shining are combining jazz and metal in original ways, from the filling up of jazz's precious empty spaces with ticking nervous energy
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7.0
8956
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Theirs is a career of true progressiveness, in every sense of the word. What was hinted at in parts on 2007's Grindstone has been, bettered, battered and even bludgeoned. Chalk up another one for Norway, then
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7.0
10492
7.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Blackjazz is an undoubtedly bold statement from an incredibly gifted compositional genius
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